George Conger

Getting more boys into Sunday School can help reform and renew Caribbean culture, the Bishop of Trinidad and Tobago told his diocesan synod last

Global South 2024 Communique

Nine people died last week when a bus carrying pilgrims home from the annual Bernard Mizeki festival in Marondera caught fire. On the evening of 16 June 2024 the bus carrying 62 people caught fire. “Along with other diocesan leaders, we went to the scene of the accident,” the Rt. Rev Erick Ruwona of the Diocese of Manicaland said in a statement. While “54 pilgrims survived the fire… we are deeply saddened to confirm that eight pilgrims are still missing, and we fear they perished in the blaze,” he said. A ninth person has subsequently died from thei8r burns.

The Church of North India has consecrated its second woman bishop. On 25 June 2024 the Rt. Rev. Sushma Kumar, Bishop in Chhattisgarh was ordained by the moderator, the Most Rev. Bijaya Kumar Nayak and the bishops in Pune, Bhopal, Gujarat and Cuttack at the CNI Bhavan Chapel at the church's headquarters in New Delhi. The General Secretary of the CNI, the Rev. Dr DJ Ajith Jumar preached the sermon. Clergy from the diocese also attended the gathering.

The Bishop of Burnley, the Rt. Rev. Philip North, waded into the mire of American political opinion today by offering an encomium to President Joe Biden. Speaking on the BBC's Radio 4 Thought for the Day for July 22, 2023, Bishop North repeated the talking points shared by Democratic pundits in the hours following the posting of a letter purportedly written by the president on the social media platform X on July 21.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the government to put the interests of customers before shareholders of water utilities.

The Bishop of Worcester has denounced Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony on Twitter as being “unnecessary and highly offensive” joining faith leaders around the world in denouncing the parody of the Last Supper portrayed in the opening ceremony. However, the Archbishop of Canterbury who spoke of his anticipation of viewing the opening ceremony, has been silent […]

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged “deep reflection and meaningful change” in response to the findings of the Grenfell Inquiry final report – the government inquiry into the June 14-15, 2017 fire at the Grenfell Tower in the London borough of Kensington that left 72 people dead – the deadliest residential fire in Britain since the second world war.

The Bishop of Atlanta, the Rt. Rev. Robert Wright has issued a prayer in the wake of the shooting at Apalachee High School in rural Winder, Georgia today.

The Nicaraguan government has dissolved the Episcopal Diocese of Nicaragua, and will confiscate its assets.